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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Instead of imposing penalties and =
invoking
complicated pricing structures for your invoices, why don't y'all just =
charge by
the hour? Give an estimate up front, and point out that the actual =
fee may
be greater or lesser, depending on how difficult the piano is, how much
noise/distractions you have to put up with, etc. When anyone is on =
the
clock, time is of the essence. When someone cranks up the vacuum, =
politely
tell the client that you have to interrupt your tuning while the vacuum =
cleaner
is running, because you can't hear the beating of the notes -- but that =
you're
still on the clock. By the time you take a good stretch, the =
vacuum
cleaner should be winding down. ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
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href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 14, 2004 =
8:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> wear and tear on da =
nerves</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On 14-nov-04, at 6:25, David Love wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>I hadn't thought of this before but next time somebody is =
making
noise<BR>when I'm tuning the piano...k'ching...thank you that will =
be an
extra<BR>fifty bucks for wear and tear on my nerves. Won't take long =
and
they'll<BR>be thinking twice before they flush the damn toilet.
<BR><BR>David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net
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anotech
list info:
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https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR=
>Yeah...
<BR>I'd say <B>Nuke 'em!</B><BR><BR>*(; >))<BR><BR>friendly
greetings<BR>from<BR>André Oorebeek<BR><BR>"where <I>Music</I> is, =
no harm can
be"<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>